Book Reviews V: Austen, Bronte

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Emma by Jane Austen
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
The Life of Charlotte Bronte by Elizabeth Gaskell
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte



Sense and Sensibility
By Jane Austen

1. Jane Austen was born in 1775 in the village of Steventon, Hampshire.
2. Austen published four of her major novels between 1809 and 1817: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, and Emma. Persuasion and Northanger Abbey were published posthumously in 1818.
3. We learn that the family of Dashwood had been settled in Sussex, and had lived in so respectable a manner, as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance.
4. “The constant attention of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood to his wishes, which proceeded from a goodness of heart, gave him every degree of solid comfort which his age could receive; and the cheerfulness of the children added a relish to his existence.”
5. The narrator mentions that slight divisions existed in the family. “Mr. Dashwood had not the strong feelings of the rest of the family; but he was affected by a recommendation of such a nature at such a time, and he promised to do everything in his power to make them comfortable.”

6. When he gave his promise to his father, he meditated within himself to increase the fortunes of his sisters by the present of a thousand pounds a piece.
7. “Elinor, this eldest daughter whose advice was so effectual, possessed a strength of understanding, and coolness of judgment, which qualified her, to be the counselor of her mother.”
8. “She had an excellent heart;—her disposition was affectionate, and her feelings were strong; but she knew how to govern them: it was a knowledge her mother had yet to learn, and which one of her sisters had resolved never to be taught.”
9. In the introduction, we learn that “Sense and Sensibility” had itself begun as a novel-in-letters called “Elinor and Marianne.”
10. “Marianne’s abilities were, in many respects, quite equal to Elinor’s. She was sensible and clever; but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation. She was generous, amiable, interesting. The resemblance between her and her mother was strikingly great.”

11. "A continuance in a place where everything reminded her of former delight, was exactly what suited her mind.”
12. A little further into the novel, Austen writes, “it was very well known that no affection was ever supposed to exist between the children of any man by different marriages; and why was he to ruin himself, and their poor little Harry, by giving away all his money to his half sisters?”
13. “It was contrary to every doctrine of hers that difference of fortune should keep any couple asunder who were attracted by resemblance of disposition.”
14. He wants “all that spirit, that fire, which at once announce virtue and intelligence.”
15. “It was enough for her that he appeared to be amiable, that he loved her daughter, and that Elinor returned the partiality.”

16. “Music seems scarcely to attract him, and though he admires Elinor’s drawings very much, he does not understand their worth. He admires her as a lover, not as a connoisseur. To satisfy me, those characters must be united.”
17. Reminds us that in a relationship, “we must allow for difference of taste."
18. Suggests that sometimes differences can lead to a higher state of happiness.
19. Suggests that one should acquire an appreciation for all forms of art.
20. “Marianne knew hardly what to say. She would not wound the feelings of her sister on any account.”

21. “I have seen a great deal of him, have studied his sentiments and heard his opinion on subjects of literature and taste.”
22. “At first sight, his address is certainly not striking, and his person can hardly be called handsome, till the expression of his eyes and his countenance are perceived.

1. “When you tell me to love him as a brother, I shall no more see imperfection in his face, than I now do in his heart.”
2. “She felt that Edward stood very high in her opinion. She believed the regard to be mutual,” although she was uncertain of this.
3. “Elinor could not help laughing.”
4. She begins speaking of her own feelings.
5. Cautions against being “uncivil.”

6. “Her husband civilly hoped that she would not be settled far from Norland.”
7. “In such employments as these, they were interrupted by the entrance of their landlord, who called to offer them every accommodation from his own house in which might at present be deficient."
8. “Their arrival seemed to afford him real satisfaction, and their comfort to be an object of real solicitude to him. He said much of his earnest desire of their living in the most sociable terms with his family…”
9. “His kindness was not confined to words; for within an hour after he left them, a large basket full of garden stuff and fruit arrived from the park.”
10. “Her manners had all the elegance which her husband’s wanted. But they would have been improved by some share of his frankness and warmth; and her visit was long enough to detract something from their first admiration.”

11. “With the size and furniture of the house Mrs. Dashwood was upon the whole well satisfied.”
12. “Lady Middleton had sent a very civil message by him, denoting her intentions, and this message was answered by an invitation equally polite.”
13. Additionally, “the elegance of her appearance was favorable to their wishes.”
14. “It was necessary to the happiness of both; for however dissimilar in temper and outward behavior, they strongly resembled each other in that total want of talent and taste which confined their employments.”
15. Of Colonel Brandon, a friend of Sir John, Austen writes, “though his face was not handsome, his countenance was sensible, and his address was particularly gentlemanlike.”

16. “Sir John was loud in his admiration at the end of every song, and as loud in his conversation with the others while every song lasted.”
17. “She was perfectly disposed to make every allowance for the colonel’s advanced state of life which humanity required.”
18. “It would be a compact of convenience, and the world would be satisfied.”
19. “In my eyes it would be no marriage at all, but that would be nothing. To me it would seem only a commercial exchange, in which each wished to be benefited at the expense of the other.”
20. Then discusses the role that love plays in companionship.

21. “The whole country about them abounded in beautiful walks. The high downs which invited them from almost every window of the cottage to seek the exquisite enjoyment of air on their summits, were an happy alternative when the dirt of the valleys beneath shut up their superior beauties… and unable longer to bear the confinement which the settled rain of the two preceding days had occasioned.”
22. “The weather was not tempting enough to draw the two others from their pencil and their book, in spite of Marianne’s declaration…”
23. Elinor and her mother admired Willoughby, and this inspired him.
24. “Sir John called on them as soon as the next interval of fair weather that morning allowed him to get out of doors,” then Marianne related an incident to him.
25. “Encouraged by this to a further examination of his opinions, she proceeded to question him on the subject of books."

26. “Their taste was strikingly alike. The same books, the same passages were idolized by both.”
27. "Willoughby was exactly formed to engage Marianne's heart..."
28. "His society became gradually her most exquisite enjoyment. They read, they talked, they sang together. His musical talents were considerable, and he read with all the sensibility and spirit which Edward had unfortunately wanted."
29. "My protege, as you call him, is a sensible man; and sense will always have attractions for me. He has seen a great deal of the world; has been abroad; has read, and has a thinking mind. I have found him capable of giving me much information on various subjects, and he has always answered my inquiries with the readiness of good-breeding and good nature."
30. "'That is to say,' criied Marianne contemptuously, 'he has told you that in the East Indies the climate is hot, and the mosquitoes are troublesome.'"

31. "'Perhaps,' said Willoughby, 'his observations may have extended to the existence of nabobs, gold mohrs, and palanquins."
32. "'Add to which,' cried Marianne, 'that he has neither genius, taste, nor spirit. That his understanding has no brilliancy, his feelings no ardor, and his voice no expression.'"
33. "Willoughby thought the same; and their behavior, at all times, was an illustration of their opinions."
34. "This was the season of happiness to Marianne."
35. "In Colonel Brandon alone, did Elinor find a person who could excite the interest of friendship, or give pleasure as a companion."

36. "What a blow upon them all this was."
37. "I cannot afford to lose one hour."
38. "Brandon is one of them. He was afraid of catching cold I dare say, and invented this trick for getting out of it."
39. "It was impossible for them, if they spoke at all, to keep clear of every subject which her feelings connected with him."
40. "One evening, Mrs. Dashwood, accidentally taking up a volume of Shakespeare, exclaimed,
'We have never finished Hamlet, Marianne; our dear Willoughby went away before we could get through it...'"
41. Throughout the novel, one character refers to books written by William Cowper and Sir Walter Scott.

1. “'Hunters—but why must you have hunters? Every body does not hunt.'
'But most people do.'"
2. “As for Marianne, I know the greatness of her soul; she would have every book that tells her how to admire an old twisted tree.”
3. “My loose cash would certainly be employed in improving my collection of music and books.”
4. “‘At my time of life opinions are tolerably fixed. It is not likely that I should now see or hear anything to change them.’
’But I thought it was right, Elinor, to be guided wholly by the opinion of other people. I thought our judgments were given us merely to…”
5. “Sir John never came to the Dashwood’s without either inviting them to dine at the park the next day, or to drink tea with them that evening."

6. Reminds us of the unfortunate necessity of killing things in order to eat.
7. “But from such vain wishes, she was forced to turn to the remembrance of every mark of regard in look or word which fell from him while at Barton."
8. “The room was such, that it made it hardly possible to speak at one person without being heard by the other.”
9. “My sons, will be brought up, to be as unlike myself as is possible. In feeling, in action, in condition, in every thing.”
10. “You want nothing but patience—or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.”

11. “‘You contradict everybody,’—said his wife with her usual laugh. ‘Do you know that you are quite rude?’”
12. “Upon my honor I did.”
13. “Benevolent, philanthropic man! It was painful to him even to keep a third cousin to himself.”
14. Of one character writes, “her features were pretty, and she had a sharp quick eye, and a smartness of air, which gave distinction to her person.”
15. “'John is in such good spirits today,” said she—‘He is full of monkey tricks.’”

16. “‘And what a charming little family they have!’ said Mrs. Dashwood, ‘and for my part, I love to see children full of life and spirits; I cannot bear them if they are tame and quiet.’”
17. Reminds us that in the 1920s, alcohol was prescribed as medication.
18. Of “the secret,” writes, “Anne is the only person that knows of it, and she has no judgment at all; indeed she does me a great deal more harm than good.”

1. “‘Oh! that would be terrible indeed,’ said Miss Steele—‘Dear little soul, how do I love her!’”
2. “‘Thank you,’ cried Lucy warmly, for breaking the ice; you have set my heart at ease by it.’”
3. Discusses the importance of keeping civil manners.
4. “‘But what,’ said she after a short silence, ‘are your views?’”
5. The character’s have an hour or two of “comfortable chat,” with some laughter.
6. “Marianne was all the time busy in observing the direction of the wind, watching the variations of the sky and imagining an alteration in the air.”

1. Willoughby “turned hastily away with a slight bow.”
2. “…and I must beg, therefore, that you will not deceive yourself any longer.”
3. “Much as you suffer now, think of what you would have suffered if the discovery of his character had been delayed to a later period.”
4. “For my part, I think the less that is said about such things, the better, the sooner ‘it’s blown over and forgot. And what good does talking ever do you know?”
5. “A man who has nothing to do with his own time has no conscience in his intrusion on that of others.”

6. “The expectation of seeing her, however, was enough to make her interested in the engagement.”
7. "She was not a woman of many words.”
8. “‘Do you not think they are something in Miss Morton’s style of painting, ma’am?—She does paint most delightfully! How beautifully her last landscape is done!’
‘Beautifully indeed! But she does every thing well.’”
9. “You shan’t talk me out of my satisfaction.”

1. "As Elinor was neither musical, nor affecting to be so, she made no scruple of turning away her eyes from the grand pianoforte, whenever it suited her, and unrestrained even by the presence of a harp, and a violincello, would fix them at pleasure on any other object in the room."
2. "He addressed her with easy civility..."
3. "As John Dashwood had no more pleasure in music than his eldest sister, his mind was equally at liberty to fix on any thing else; and a thought struck him during the evening, which he communicated to his wife, for her approbation, when they got home."
4. "I had just settled within myself to ask the Miss Steeles to spend a few days with us. They are very well behaved, good kind of girls; and I think the attention is due to them."
5. "Miss Palmer was so well at the end of a fortnight, that her mother felt it no longer necessary to give up the whole of her time to her; and returned from that period to her own home, and her own habits, in which she found the Miss Dashwoods very ready to reassume their former share.

6. "About the third or fourth morning after their being thus re-settled in Berkely-street, Mrs. Jennings entered the drawing-room, with an air of such hurrying importance as prepared her to hear something wonderful..."
7. "There's for you, my dear!--And not a creature knowing a syllable of the matter except Nancy!"
8. "Lucy does not want sense, and that is the foundation on which every thing good may be built."
9. "While she with the truest affection had been planning a most eligible connection for him, was it to be supposed that he could be all the time..."
10. "Duty, affection, everything was disregarded."

11. "His mother explained to him her liberal designs, in case of his marrying Miss Morton..."
12. Her conduct has been dignified and liberal.
13. "'Well,' said Elinor, 'it is a comfort to be prepared against the worst.'"
14. "Elinor was left in possession of knowledge which might feed her powers of reflection some time."
15. "This speech at first puzzled Mrs. Jennings, a few moment's reflection, however, produced a very happy idea, and she exclaimed;--"

16. "Elinor had believed that it was at least preferable, to giving the information by word of mouth, when her visitor entered."
17. "We may treat it as a joke, but upon my soul, it is a most serious business."
18. "For the rest of his character and habits, they were marked, with no traits at all unusual in his gender and time of life. He was nice in his eating, uncertain in his hours, and idled away the mornings at billiards."
19. "The many hours of each day in which he was left entirely alone, were but too favorable for the admission of every melancholy idea, and he could not expel from his mind the persuasion that he should see Marianne no more."
20. "Her sister, however, saw her with satisfaction sink at last into a slumber, from which she expected the most beneficial effects."

21. "Colonel Brandon only pressing her hand with a look of solemnity, and a few word spoken too low to reach her ear, hurried into the carriage."
22. "Marianne restored to life, health, friends, and to her doating mother, was an idea to fill her heart with sensations of exquisite comfort, and expand it in fervent gratitude."
23. “The steadiness of his manner, and the intelligence of his eye as he spoke, convincing Elinor, that he was not brought there by intoxication.”
24. “‘I mean,’—said he with serious energy—‘I mean to offer some kind of explanation, some kind of apology, for the past; to open my whole heart to you…'
’Is this the real reason for your coming?’
’Upon my soul it is,’ — was his answer, with a warmth which brought all the former Willoughby to her remembrance.'
’Then she has forgiven me before she ought to have done it. But she shall forgive me again…’”
25. “Careless of her happiness, thinking only of my own amusement, I endeavored to make myself pleasing to her, without any design of returning her affection.”

26. “I have nothing to urge—that because I was a libertine, she must be a saint.”
27. “I do not know what I told her, less than was due to the past, and in all likelihood much more than was justified by the future.”

1. “Every line, every word was—in the hackneyed metaphor which their dear writer, were she here, would forbid—a dagger to my heart.”
2. “At last, judging it wiser to affect the air of a cool, common acquaintance than anything else, I watched you all safely out of the house one morning, and left my name."
3. “With my head and heart full of your sister, I was forced to play the happy lover to another woman.”
4. “…but her mother must always be carried away by her imagination on any interesting subject, and therefore, she passed it off with a smile.”
5. “…was the office of each watchful companion, and each found their reward in her bodily ease, and her calmness of spirits.”

6. “She shook her head and closed the instrument again; declaring however with firmness as she did so, that she should in the future practice much.”
7. “Our own library is too well known for me. But there are many works well reading, at the park.”
8. “His remembrance shall be checked by religion, by reason, by constant employment.”
9. "Elinor, though still much disordered, had so far recovered the use of her reason and voice as to be just beginning an inquiry of Thomas, as to the source of his intelligence."
10. "Though uncertain that any one were to blame, she found fault with every absent friend."

11. "This was gaining something, something to look forward to."
12. "'When do you write to Colonel Brandon, ma'am?' was an inquiry which sprung from the impatience of her mind to have something going on."
13. "She saw her mother and Marianne change color; saw them look at herself, and whisper a few sentences to each other. She would have given the world to be able to speak -- and to make them understand that she hope no coolness, no slight, would appear in their behavior to him;--but she had no utterance, and was obliged to leave all to their own discretion."
14. "Not a syllable passed aloud. They all waited in silence for the appearance of their visitor."
15. "Elinor, with a countenance meaning to be open, sat down again and talked of the weather."

16. "Marianne had retreated as much as possible out of sight, and therefore took a seat as far from him as she could, and maintained a strict silence."
17. "His words were echoed with unspeakable astonishment by all but Elinore, who sat in a state of such agitation as made her hardly know where she was.
18. "His errand in fact was a simple one...it might be strange that he should feel so uncomfortable in the present case as he really did, so much in need of encouragement and fresh air."
19. "This only need be said, he had secured his lady, engaged his mother's consent, and was not only in the rapturous profession of the lover, but in the reality of reason and truth, one of the happiest of men."
20. "He was brought, not from doubt or suspense, but from misery to happiness;--and the change was openly spoken in such a genuine, flowing, grateful cheerfulness, as his friends had never witnessed in him before."

21. "Had my mother given me some active profession when I was removed from the care of Mr. Pratt, I should very soon have outgrown the fancied attachment, especially by mixing more with the world, as in such a case I must have done. But instead of having anything to do, I returned home to be completely idle."
22. "'For worlds would not I have had a letter of hers seen by you in former days--In a sister it is bad enough, but in a wife!--how I have blushed over the pages of her writing!"
23. "She will be more hurt by it, for Robert was always her favorite..."
24. "What he might say on the subject a twelvemonth after, must be referred to the imagination of husbands and wives."
25. "I thought it my duty, to give her the option of continuing the engagement or not, when I was renounced by my mother, and stood to all appearance without a friend in the world to assist me."

26. "She might suppose that something would occur in your favor."
27. "...for we all know the tenderness of Mrs. Ferrar's heart, and that she wishes for nothing so much as to be on good terms with her children."
28. "The selfish sagacity of the latter, was the principal instrument of his deliverance from it..."
29. "Instead of talking of Edward, they came gradually to talk only of Robert,--a subject on which he had always more to say than on any other"





Pride and Prejudice
By Jane Austen

1. Omitted.
2. Suggests that life is not a showy stage, but rather is for the exercise of patience, fortitude, and hard-work.
3. One character says, “I had hoped our sentiments coincided in every particular, but I must so far differ from you as to think our two daughters foolish.”
4. One character suggests that the city has a great advantage over the country, another states that they each have their advantages, one of which being the variety of people to be met with in the country.
5. Of two characters writes, “Their powers of conversation were considerable.”
6. Suggests that something “once lost is lost forever.”
7. Discusses one character who is honorable.

1. Of a married couple, one character was "delighted at the prospect of a connection between the houses."
2. Of one character writes, “your actions were angelic.”
3. "There are plenty of women in this world,” one character says, “there’s no need to look at that one.”

1. At one point, one character says, “We are speaking of music,” and another says, “Of music! Then pray speak aloud. It is of all subjects my favorite.”
2. One character says, “that no excellence in music is to be acquired, without constant practice.”
3. Suggests that one character’s sense of inferiority contributed to his problems, an obstacle which he soon overcame.
4. “Who that knows what his misfortunes have been, can help feeling an interest in him?”
5. Suggests that one character talks to another with a certain amount of freedom that should be pardoned.

6. Of Elizabeth writes, “She resolved soon after breakfast to indulge herself in air and exercise.”
7. “He spoke of it as a certain event, of which the time alone could be undecided.”
8. Writes that one character “has great natural modesty.”
9. “Words were insufficient for the elevation of his feelings… while Elizabeth tried to unite civility and truth in a few short sentences.”
10. In one scene writes, “Well, now let us be quite comfortable and snug, and talk and laugh all the way home.”

11. "And then we were so merry all the way home! We talked and laughed so loud, that anybody might have heard us ten miles away!"
12. "In Lydia’s imagination, a visit to Brighton comprised every possibility of earthly happiness."
13. "The separation between her and her family was rather noisy."
14. Briefly discusses decline of moral values.
15. "He has gone now into the service, but I am afraid he has turned out very wild."
16. Austen suggests that we enjoy our days. Getting in the car and going for a drive, talking with friends about music or a subject that interests you, spending time with family.
17. Suggests that you can see beauty in anyone.

1. "He allowed her to talk on without interruption."
2. Suggests that your countenance, and appearance in general improves with wisdom.
3. One gentleman tells a female character, "You know, I do not want to make you unhappy."


1. “Her congratulations were given with a sincerity, a warmth, a delight, which words could but poorly express.”
2. "They will learn to be contented… though we can never be what we once were to each other."
3. Suggests that the world loses a great deal of general good, when an honest person dies.
4. Suggests that we should not quarrel in the interests of improved civility.
5. Suggests that when times get tough, you immerse yourself in prayer.





Emma
By Jane Austen

1. Emma Woodhouse is the protagonist, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition
2. “She recalled Miss Taylor’s past kindness—how she had devoted all her powers to attach and amuse her in health.”
3. “A large debt of gratitude was owing here…”
4. Of friends, said, “How often we shall be going to see them and they coming to see us! We shall be always meeting!”
5. “‘I am afraid you must have had a shocking walk.’
’Not at all, sir. It is a beautiful, moonlight night; and so mild that I must draw back from your great fire.’
’But you must have found it very damp and dirty. I wish you may not catch cold.’
’Dirty sir! Look at my shoes. Not a speck on them.’
’Well! that is quite surprising…’”

6. “Mr. Knightley loves to find fault with me you know—in a joke—it is all a joke.”
7. “All manner of solemn nonsense was talked on the subject, but I believed none of it.”
8. “Ever since the day that Miss Taylor and I met with him in Broadway-lane, when, because it began to rain, he darted away with so much gallantry, and borrowed two umbrellas for us from Farmer Mitchell’s, I made up my mind on the subject.”
9. “A straight-forward, open-hearted man, like Weston, and a rational unaffected woman, like Miss Taylor, may be safely left to manage their own concerns.”
10. “He had never been an unhappy man; his own temper had secured him from that.”
11. “Her daughter enjoyed a most uncommon degree of popularity for a woman neither young, handsome, rich, nor married.”

1. "Miss Bates, let Emma help you to a little bit of tart--a very little bit. Ours are all apple tarts. You need not be afraid of unwholesome preserves here. I do not advise the custard."
2. "Emma allowed her father to talk, and of her visitors, on the present evening, she had particular pleasure in sending them away happy."
3. "As a walking companion, Emma had very early foreseen how useful she might find Miss Smith."
4. "Harriet would be loved as one to whom she could be useful."
5. "Miss Goddard loved to talk of the pleasures of her visit, and describe the many comforts and wonders of the place. Emma encouraged her talkativeness..."
6. "...and of their having a very handsome summer-house, one large enough to hold a dozen people."
7. "Harriet was very ready to speak of the share he had in their moonlight walks and merry evening games, and dwelt a good deal upon his being so very good-humored and obliging."
8. "He had his son into the parlor one night on purpose to sing to her. She was very fond of singing. He could sing a little himself.
9. "He was reckoned very handsome; his person much admired in general, though not by her, there being a want of elegance of feature which she could not dispense with."
10. "Of this great intimacy between Emma and Harriet Smith, Emma must do Harriet good: and by supplying her with a new object of interest, Harriet may be said to do Emma good."

11. "As Emma wants to see her better informed, it will be an inducement to her to read more herself. They will read together...You could never persuade her to read half as much as you wished however."
12. "You might not give Emma such a complete education as your powers would seem to promise; but you were receiving a very good education from her; and if Weston has asked me to recommend him a wife, I should certainly have named Miss Taylor."
13. "'Emma is loveliness itself. Mr. Knightley, is she not?'
'I have not a fault to find with her person,' he replied. 'I think her all you describe. I love to look at her; and I will add this praise, that I do not think her personally vain."
14. "She always declares she will never marry, which, of course, means nothing at all."
15. The characters proceed to discuss paintings.

16. "She had always wanted to do everything, and had made more progress both in drawing and music than many might have done. She played and sang; and drew in almost every style; and in nothing had she approached the degree of excellence which she would have been glad to command."
17. "There was merit in every drawing--in the least finished, perhaps the most; her style was spirited..."

18. "The letter should be all your own. You will express yourself very properly, I am sure. There is no danger of your not being intelligible, which is the first thing. Your meaning must be unequivocal..."
19. "For a little while Emma persevered in her silence; but beginning to apprehend the bewitching flattery, she thought it best to say..."
20. "It is a very serious thing.--It will be safer to say 'No," perhaps.--Do you think I had better say 'No?'"

21. "'Not for the world,' said Emma, smiling graciously, 'would I advise you either way. You must be the best judge of your own happiness. If you prefer Mr. Martin to every other person, why should you hesitate?'"
22. "...and though Emma continued to protest against any assistance being wanted, it was in fact given in the formation of every sentence."
23. "Mr. Knightley was offering by his short, decided answers, an amusing contrast to the protracted apologies and civil hesitations of the other."
24. "I would ask for the pleasure of your company, Mr. Knightley, but I am a very slow walker, and my pace would be tedious to you..."
25. "Her character depends on those she is with; but in good hands she will turn out a valuable woman."

1. “‘Certainly,’ replied he, ‘I do not absolutely know it, but it may be inferred.’”
2. “Then she is a greater simpleton than I ever believed her. What is the foolish girl about?”
3. “That she is a gentleman’s daughter, is indubitable to me. She is superior to Mr. Robert Martin.”
4. “She is not a clever girl, but she has better sense than you are aware of.”
5. “Men of sense, what ever you may choose to say, do not want silly wives.”

6. “Let her marry Robert Martin, and she is safe, respectable, and happy for ever; but if you encourage her to expect to marry greatly, and teach her to be satisfied with nothing less than…”
7. “She knows now what gentlemen are; and nothing but a gentleman in education and manner has any chance with Harriet.”
8. “Emma made no answer, and tried to look cheerfully unconcerned…”
9. “Mr. Elton could prefer, she should think the luckiest woman in the world; for, beyond a doubt, Mr. Elton had not his equal for beauty or agreeableness.”
10. “Her views of improving her little friend’s mind, by a great deal of useful reading and conversation, had never yet led to more than a few first chapters, and the intention of going on tomorrow.”

11. “It was much easier to chat than to study; much pleasanter to let her imagination range and work at Harriet’s fortune, than to be laboring to enlarge her comprehension or exercise it on sober facts…”
12. “Oh, no! He had never written, hardly ever, any thing of the kind in his life. The stupidest fellow! He was afraid not even Miss Woodhouse could inspire him."
13. “There was deep consciousness about him, and he found it easier to meet her eye than her friend’s.”
14. Suggests that on one hand, you focus on strict facts, while on the other hand, you focus on imagination.

1. “… this was too true for contradiction.”
2. “Harriet must give us as much of her company as she can while my brother and sister are here.”
3. “We are very proud of the children, are not we, papa?”
4. “He appears rough to you, because you are so very gentle yourself; but if you would compare him with other papas, you would not think him rough.”
5. “You must make my apologies to my friend; but so good a charade must not be confined to one or two.”

6. “Though now the middle of December, there has yet been no weather to prevent the young ladies from tolerably regular exercise.”
7. “Their road to this detached cottage was down Vicarage-lane. A few inferior dwellings were the first to be passed, and then an old and not very good house, almost as close to the road as it could be.”
8. “I am not only, not going to be married, at present, but have very little intention of ever marrying at all.”
”Ah!—so you say; but I cannot believe it.”
9. “I must see somebody very superior to any one I have seen yet.”
10. “She understood their ways, could allow for their ignorance and temptations, had no romantic expectations of extraordinary virtue from those, for whom education had done so little; entered into their troubles with ready sympathy, and always gave her assistance with as much intelligence as good-will.”

11. “Mr. Elton was still talking, still engaged in some interesting detail, when Emma found that he…”
12. “He was not a great favorite with his fair sister-in-law. Nothing wrong in him escaped her.”
13. “I never saw Mrs. Weston better in my life—never looking so well.”
14. “Are you talking about me? I am sure nobody ought to be, or can be, a greater advocate for matrimony than I am.”
15. “She hoped that they might now become friends again. She thought it was time to make up. Making-up indeed would not do. She certainly had not been in the wrong, and he would never own that he had.”
16. “Concession must be out of the question; but it was fine to forget that they had ever quarreled, and she hoped it might rather assist the restoration of friendship, that when he came into the room, she had some of her family with her.”

17. He buried his real feelings under a calmness that seemed all but indifference.
18. In the next scene, some if the characters eat gruel. I learned that gruel is a thin liquid food of oatmeal or other meal boiled in milk or water.
19. One character recommended sea air for the children.
20. “Nobody is healthy in London. It is a dreadful thing to have you live there! So far off! And the air is so bad!”
”You must not confound us with London in general. The neighborhood of Brunswick Square is very different from all the rest. We are so very airy—but we are so remarkably airy!”

1. “Perry was a week at Cromwell once, and he holds it to be the best of all sea-bathing places. A fine open sea, he says, and very pure air.”
2. “Ah! My dear, as Perry says, where health is at stake, nothing else should be considered.”
3. “I may be allowed, I hope, the use of my judgment, as well as Mr. Perry.”
4. "She had nothing to wish otherwise, but that the days did not pass so swiftly."
5. "It is the greatest absurdity--The folly of not allowing people to be comfortable at home--and the folly of people's not staying comfortably at home when they can!"
6. "As to there any quantity of snow fallen or likely to fall to impede their return, that was a mere joke."
7. "Emma could not so entirely give up the hope of their being able to get away; and they were still discussing the point, when Mr. Knightley came back again..."

1. Emma’s father had a “nervous constitution.”
2. “Emma hoped to see one troublesome companion get sober and cool, and the other recover his temper and happiness when the visit of hardship were over.”
3. “It would not have been the awkwardness of a moment, it would have been rather a pleasure.”
4. “That was well done of me; but there I should have stopped, and left the rest to time and chance.”
5. “It was a very useful note, for it supplied them with fresh matter for thought and conversation during the rest of their lonely evening.”
6. Writes that one character “can be amiable in French, but not in English,” that is, can display noble deeds in French society, but not in English life.
7. “My idea of him is, that he can adapt his conversation to the taste of every body, and has the power as well as the wish of being universally agreeable…which will enable him to follow the lead, or take the lead, and speak extremely well on each.”
8. “The practiced politician, who is to read every body’s character, and make every body’s talents conduce to the display of his own design.”
9. “She had taken a piece of cake, and hoped Miss Woodhouse and Miss Smith would do then a favor and eat a piece too.”

Volume II Chapter I
1. "But it burst out again when she thought she had succeeded, and after speaking some time of what the poor must suffer in winter, and receiving no other answer than a very plaintive--'Mr. Elton is so good to the poor!' she found something else must be done."
2. "I was reading it to Mrs. Cole, and since she went away, I was reading it again to my mother, for it is such a pleasure to her--a letter from Jane..."
3. "And, indeed, though my mother's eyes are not so good as they were, she can see amazingly well still, thank God! with the help of spectacles. Jane often says, 'I am sure grandmama, you must have had very strong eyes to see as you do--and so much fine work as you have done too!--I only wish my eyes may last me as well.'"
4. "The very thing that we have always been rather afraid of; for we should not have liked to have her at such a distance from us, for months together--not able to come if anything was to happen."
5. After some discussion about a possible trip to Ireland, one character says, "and indeed they particularly wish her to try her native air, as she has not been quite so well lately."
6. "...her kind friends the Campbell's think she had better come home, and try an air that always agrees with her; and they have no doubt that three or four months at Highbury will entirely cure her..."
7. "I always make a point of reading Jane's letters through to myself first, before I read them aloud to my mother."
8. Well, now I have just given you a hint of what Jane writes about, we will turn to her letter, and I am sure she tells her own story a great deal better than I can tell it for her."

Chapter II
9. "Living constantly with right-minded and well-informed people, her heart and understanding had received every advantage of discipline and culture..."
10. "They depended on a few months spent in her native air, for the recovery of her health, than on anything else."

Chapter III
11. "A very pleasant evening, particularly pleasant. You and Miss Fairfax gave us some very good music. I do not know a more luxurious state, than sitting at one's ease to be entertained a whole evening by two such young women; sometimes with music and sometimes with conversation."
12. "She is a sort of elegant creature that one cannot keep one's eyes from. I am always watching her to admire; and I do pity her from my heart."
13. "His extreme attention to my mother, that she might hear the better, for my mother is a little deaf, you know--it is not much, but she does not hear quite quick. Jane says that Colonel Campbell is a little deaf..."
14. "She knows I would not offend her for the world."
15. "Though she did not seem to stay half a moment there, soon after she came out it began to rain, and she did not know what to do; so she ran on directly, as fast as she could, and took shelter at Ford's."
Chapter IV
16. "Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of."
17. "His manner had no air of study or exaggeration."
18. "I am excessively fond of music...a man, a very musical man, on the point of marriage."
19. "Oh! Do not imagine that I expect an account of Miss Fairfax's sensations from you, or from anybody else. They are known to no human being, I guess, but herself."

1. "The Coles had been settled some years at Highbury, and were very good sort of people--friendly, liberal, and unpretending..."
2. "She felt that she should like to have had the power of refusal."
3. "I do not know. I rather believe you are giving me more credit than I actually deserve."
4. "There was no occassion to press the matter further. She said no more, other subjects took their turn; and the rest of the dinner passed away."
5. "There she sat. To be in company, nicely dressed herself and seeing others nicely dressed, to sit and smile and look pretty, and say nothing, was enough for the happiness of the present hour."
6. "Smiles of intelligence passed between her and the gentleman on first glancing towards Miss Fairfax; but it was most prudent to avoid speech."
7. "He had wanted very much to go abroad--had been very eager indeed to be allowed to travel--but she would not hear it."
8. "Nobody was ever so fortunate as herself."
9. "Such an admirer of her performance on the pianoforte, and of her voice! I have heard him say that he could listen to her for ever."
10. "They combated the point some time longer in the same way; Emma rather gaining ground over the mind of her friend."

11. "He was accused of having a delightful voice, and a perfect knowledge of music; which was properly denied; and that he knew nothing of the matter, and had no voice at all, roundly asserted. They sang together once more; and Emma would then resign her place to Miss Fairfax, whose performance she could never attempt to conceal from herself, was infinitely superior to her own."
12. "Towards the end of Jane's second song, her voice grew thick."
13. "Another song, however, was soon begged for. 'One more;--they would not fatigue Miss Fairfax on any account, and would only ask for one more.'"
14. "...and she fell into a train of thinking on the subject of Mrs. Weston's suspicions..."
15. "Two dances, unfortunately, were all that could be allowed."

Chapter IX
16. "Well, I always shall think that you play quite as well as she does, or that if there is any difference nobody would ever find it out."
17. "And I hate Italian singing.--There is no understanding of a word of it.

Chapter X
18. "If you are very kind, it will be one of the waltzes we danced last night;--let me live them over again."
19. "What felicity it is to hear a tune again which has made one happy!"
20. "Here is something quite new to me. Do you know it?--Cramer.-- And here are a new set of Irish melodies. That, from such a quarter, one might expect."

21. "This was all sent with the instrument. Very thoughtful of Col. Campbell, was it not?--He knew Miss Fairfax would have no music here."
22. "I do not see much sign of it. She is playing Robin Adair at this moment--his favorite."
23. Oh! Mr. Knightley, what a delightful party last night; how extremely pleasant.--Did you ever see such dancing?--Was it not delightful?"

Chapter XI
24. "...and even for simple dancing itself, without any of the wicked acts of vanity--to assist him first in pacing out the room they were in."
25. "And Mr. Weston at the same time, walking briskly with long steps through the passage, was calling out."
26. "Fetch Miss Bates. She is a standing lesson of how to be happy."

Chapter XII
27. "He looked at her, as if wanting to read her thoughts. She hardly knew what to say."

Chapter XII
1. To complete every other recommendation, he had almost told her he loved her.
Chapter XIII
1. After weighing several factors, Emma realizes that she is in love. Then, she goes on to determine how much she is in love.
2. "Was it impossible?--No.--Harriet undoubtedly was greatly his inferior in understanding."
3. "I must not think of it. I know the danger of indulging such speculations. But stranger things have happened."
4. "You, who have been the best friend I ever had in my life--Want gratitude to you!--Nobody is equal to you!--I care for nobody as I do for you!--Oh! Miss Woodhouse, how ungrateful I have been!"
5. Suggests that we owe debts of gratitude to the Creator, and other key figures in our lives.

6. “A thousand vexatious thoughts would occur. Compliments, charades, and horrible blunders.”
7. “There was a little hesitation in Emma’s answer.”
8. Reminds us of majestic gardens, like those in Surrey, England. Apparently, England is known for having great gardens.
9. Refers to Surrey as “the garden of England.”
10. Discusses a “barouche-landau,” or carriage, which holds four perfectly.

11. "...that all her notions were drawn from one set of people, and one style of living; that if not fooliish she were ignorant, and that her society would certainly do Mr. Elton no good."
12. "Ah! There is nothing like staying home, for real comfort. Nobody can be more devoted to staying home than I am... and yet I am no advocate for entire seclusion."
13. In "Emma," by Jane Austen, Austen suggests that we owe debts of gratitude to the Creator, and other key figures in our lives. For example, political figures for their contributions to the field of civil rights.
14. An additional favorite note from "Emma," is, “Upon her speaking her wonder aloud on that part of the subject, Miss Weston ventured this apology for Jane.” Here, Austen suggests that certain subjects are objects of wonder for us.

Chapter XIV
1. "I am doatingly fond of music--passionately fond."
2. "I hope we shall have many sweet little concerts together. I think, Miss Woodhouse, you and I must establish a musical club, and have regular weekly meetings at your house, or ours."
3. "Something of that nature would be particularly desirable for me."
4. "Mrs. Weston's manners, were always particularly good. Their propriety, simplicity, and elegance, would make them the safest model for any young woman."
Chapter XV
5. "She thought herself coming with superior knowledge of the world, to enliven and improve a country neighborhood."

6. "Such talents as her's must not be suffered to remain unknown.--I dare say you have heard those charming lines of the poet,
'Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its fragrance on the desert air.'"
7. "I should be extremely displeased if Wright were to send us up such a dinner, as could make me regret having asked more than Jane Fairfax to partake of it."
8. "I shall certainly have her very often at my house, shall introduce her wherever I can, shall have musical parties to draw out her talents, and shall be constantly on the watch for an eligible situation."
9. "She looked on with some amusement.--Miss Bates' gratitude for Mr. Elton's attention to Jane was first in the style of guileless simplicity and warmth."
10. "'She is a riddle, quite a riddle!' said she."

11. “Upon her speaking her wonder aloud on that part of the subject, Miss Weston ventured this apology for Jane.” Here, Austen suggests that certain subjects are objects of wonder for us.
Chapter XVI
12. "Her habits made evening parties perfectly natural to her, and Maple Grove had given her a taste for dinners."
13. In this quote, discusses the value of friendship. "Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does."
14. Reminds us that life is not like sorting letters in a clerk's office.
15. “She thought there was an air of greater happiness than usual—a glow of both complexion and spirits.”

Chapter XVII
16. "She and Mrs. Weston were obliged to be almost always either talking together or silent together. There was no avoiding a knowledge of their principal subjects:--the post office--catching cold--fetching letters--and firendship, were long under discussion."
17. “But I have never fixed on June or any other month—-merely looked forward to the summer in general.”
18. “‘There are places in town, offices, where inquiry would soon produce something—offices for the sale—not quite of human flesh—but of human intellect.’
‘I did not mean, I was not thinking of the slave-trade,’ replied Jane.”
19. “Your musical knowledge alone would allow you to name your own terms…if you knew the harp, you might do all that.”
20. Suggests that you listen to classical Asian music.

21. "I admire all that old-fashioned politeness; it is much more to my taste than modern ease; modern ease often disgusts me."
22. "But I am quite in the minority, I believe; few people seem to value simplicity of dress,--shew and finery are every thing."

Volume III Chapter I
1. Questions who was more in love in the relationship, Emma, or Frank Churchill.
2. “A very little quiet reflection was enough to satisfy Emma as to the nature of her agitation.”
3. “The time of year lightened the evil for him. May was better for every thing than February. Mrs. Bates was engaged to spend the evening at Hartfield."

Chapter II
4. "No misfortune occurred, again to prevent the ball."
5. "Emma felt that, to be the favorite of a man who had so many intimates and confidantes, was not the very first distinction in the scale of vanity."

Chapter II
1. "... that she could not refuse him..."
2. "There was a restlessness, which showed a mind not at ease."
3. "Her gestures and movements might be understood by any one who looked on like Emma."
4. "Mrs. Otway, I protest!--and good Mr. Otway, and Miss Otway and Miss Caroline."
5. "...and the voices of the ladies were drowned for a while, till another suspension brought the tones again distinctly forward."

6. "Frank instantly turned to Emma, and boasted himself an engaged man, which his father looked his most perfect approbation of."
7. "Mr. Elton undoubtedly had the advantage. His tall, firm, upright figure, among the bulky forms and stooping shoulders of the elderly men, was such as Emma felt must draw every body's eyes."
8. "Whenever she caught his eye, she forced him to smile."
9. "The baked apples and biscuits, excellent in their own way, you know; but there was a delicate fricasse of some sweetbread brought in at first."
10. One of the beverages that they discuss is spruce beer.
11. Emma overhears Harriet say that she will never marry.

12. “Be observant of him. Let his behavior be the guide of your sensations.”
13. "He is your superior, no doubt; but yet, Harriet, more wonderful things have taken place."
14. “I am a talker, you know; I am rather a talker…”
15. “This is a sort of dull-looking evening, that ought to be treated rather as winter than as summer.”
16. Points out that sometimes fish-ponds were in the gardens in England.

Chapter VI
1. "Emma listened and looked, and soon perceived that Frank Churchill's state might be best defined by the expressive phrase of being out of humor. Some people were always cross when they were hot.
2. "Such might be his constitution; and as she knew that eating and drinking were often the cure of such incidental complaints, she recommended his taking some refreshment."
3. "'No--he should not eat. He was not hungry; it would only make him hotter.' In two minutes, however, he relented in his own favor..."
4. "They were looking over views in Swisserland. 'As soon as my aunt gets well, I shall go abroad,' said he. 'I shall never be easy till I have seen some of these places.'"
Chapter VII
5. When they arrived at Hartfield, "nothing was wanting but to be happy when they got there. Seven miles were travelled in expectation of enjoyment, and every body had a burst of admiration on first arriving; but in the general amount of the day there was deficiency. There was a languor, a want of spirits, a want of union, which could not be got over."

6. Austen suggests that if the group was happy, instead of divided, they could have combined their energies to do a greater good.
7. "'How much I am obliged to you,' said Frank Churchill, 'for telling me to come to visit today--If it had not been for you, I should certainly have lost all the happiness of this party. I had quite determined to go away again'"
8. "What shall we do to rouse them? Any nonsense will serve. They shall talk."
9. "With all my heart. I am really tired of exploring so long on one spot."
10. "How could you be so insolent in your wit to a woman of her character, age, and situation?"

11. "He had misinterpreted the feelings which had kept her face averted, and her tongue motionless."
Chapter VIII
12. "The wretchedness of a scheme to Box Hill was in Emma's thoughts all the evening."
13. "'My dear,' said I, 'you will blind yourself'--for tears were in her eyes perpetually."
14. "The contrast between Mrs. Churchill's importance in the world, and Jane Fairfax's, struck her; one was every thing, the other nothing--and she sat musing on the difference of woman's destiny, and quite unconscious on what her eyes were fixed, till roused by Miss Bates's saying..."
15. "Poor Mrs. Churchill! No doubt she had been suffering a great deal--and continual pain would try the temper."

16. "Her health seemed for the moment completely deranged--appetite quite gone--and though there were no absolutely alarming symptoms, Mr. Perry was uneasy about her."
17. "To take her--be it only an hour or two--from her aunt, to give her change of air and scene, and quiet rational conversation, even for an hour or two, might do her good...she had Mr. Perry's decided opinion, in favor of such exercise for his patient."
Chapter X
18. "But what can be the matter?--Is she really not ill?"
19. "Emma's courage returned..."
20. "Emma scarcely heard what was said.--Her mind was divided between two ideas..."

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21. “He was very much agitated—very much, indeed—to a degree that made him appear quite a different creature from any thing I had ever seen him before.”
22. “What has it been but a system of hypocrisy and deceit,—espionage and treachery?”
Chapter XI
23. “Have you any idea of Mr. Knightley’s returning your affection?”
24. “Some concern for her own appearance gave Emma the resolution to sit and endure farther with calmness, and even apparent kindness.”
25. “Harriet had begun to be sensible of his talking to her much more than he had been used to do, and of his having indeed quite a different manner to her; a manner of kindness and sweetness!” — She noticed a change in the better of him.

26. “He praised her for being without art or affectation, for having simple, honest, generous feelings.”
27. “Much that lived in Harriet’s memory, many of them particulars of the notice she had received from him, a look, a speech, a compliment implied, a preference inferred, had been unnoticed, because unsuspected by Emma.”
28. “This was the conclusion of the first series of reflection. This was the knowledge of herself…”
29. “The attachment of Frank Churchill and Jane Fairfax became commonplace, stale in the comparison, exciting no surprise, affording nothing to be said or thought.”
Chapter XII
30. “Till now that she was threatened with its loss, Emma had never known how much of her happiness depended on being first with Mr. Knightley. Satisfied that it was so, and feeling it her due, she had enjoyed it without reflection.”
31. “Still, from family attachment and habit, and excellence of mind, he had watched over her, with an endeavor to improve her.”
32. “The power of observation would soon be given…”
33. “The evening of this day was very long, and melancholy, at Hartfield.”

Chapter XIII
34. “No, no, I understand you—forgive me—I am pleased that you can say even so much.”
35. “I have had no idea of their meaning any thing.—I thought them a habit, a trick, nothing that called for seriousness on my side.”
36. “Emma could say no more, and her immediate feeling was to avert the subject, if possible.”
Chapter XIV
37. “Could he have seen the heart, he would have cared very little for the lungs…”
38. “At any rate, it would be a proof of attention and kindness in herself, from whom every thing was due.”
39. “I have the greatest pleasure, in forwarding to you the enclosed letter. I know what thorough justice you will do it, and have scarcely a doubt of its happy effect.”
40. “Remember how few minutes I was at Randall’s, and in how bewildered, how mad a state: and I am not much better yet…”
41. “She felt the engagement to be a source of repentance and misery to each: she dissolved it.”
42. “He is a very liberal thanker, with his thousands and ten thousands thanks.”
43. It's great that in this piece, Jane Austen suggests that we are all entitled to happiness, that we should all be happy.
44. In this piece, there is a character who has tears in her eyes perpetually, they were worried she might go blind.

Chapter XVI
1. “She soon resolved, equally as a duty and a pleasure, to employ half an hour of this holiday of spirits in calling on Miss Fairfax.
2. “Ah! You clever creature, that’s very true. What a thinking brain you have!”
3. “‘Oh!’ cried Jane, with a blush and an hesitated which Emma thought infinitely more becoming to her than all the elegance of all her usual composure.”
4. “It was a life of deceit!”
5. “Pray say no more. I feel that all the apologies should be on my side. Let us forgive each other at once.”
Chapter XVII
6. “But I will promise, I will promise to call you once by your Christian name.”
7. “Why could not they go on as they had done?”
8. “…but even he had never been able to finish the subject better than by saying—‘Those matters will take care of themselves; the young people will find a way.’ But here there was nothing to be shifted off in a wild speculation on the future.”
9. “She was extremely concerned; for, though very eccentric, he had a thousand good qualities.”
10. “Well, now tell me every thing; make this intelligible to me. How, where, when?—Let me know it all.”

11. “I am convinced of her being an artless, amiable girl, with very good notions, very seriously good principles, and placing her happiness in the affections and utility of domestic life.”
12. “She checked herself, however, and submitted quietly to a little more praise than she deserved.”
13. “She was in dancing, singing, exclaiming spirits; and till she had moved about, she could be fit for nothing rational.”
Chapter XIX
14. “…there would be the hope of more, of security, stability, and improvement.”



Mansfield Park
By Jane Austen

1. In Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, Austen focuses not on the social, but the moral life of the inhabitants of Mansfield Park. One of the things she does is center her work on a character who has little striking physical beauty, but considerable moral values.
2. "Mansfield Park bears all the signs of an increased seriousness that had come with age..." Apparently, it represents quite an accomplishment in the author's literary career.
3. Touches on the theme “that social style might be crucially at odds with moral substance.”
4. Discusses how people look in opposition to their moral values.
5. Of one couple’s marriage, writes, “The brief paragraph that announces their prospective marriage is almost dismissive.”

6. “...but in Mansfield Park there remains the sense of an author to some extent writing against the grain of her talent, endeavoring to suppress some of the sources of her own artistic energy.”
7. Miss Maria Ward “had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram of Mansfield Park.” “But there are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them.”
8. Suggests that with an education one has the means of "settling well into the world" -- regardless of how handsome she is.
9. Writes of one character that despite winning the affection of the young men in the neighborhood, bring her up the right way, and she will never be more to them than a sister.
10. “‘I thoroughly understand you,’ cried Mrs. Norris, 'you are everything that is generous and considerate, and I am sure we shall never disagree on this point.'”

11. “Had there been a family to provide for, Mrs Norris might never have saved her money; but having no care of that kind, there was nothing to impede her frugality.”
12. “I only wish I could be more useful; but you see, I do all in my power.”
13. “…but still they cannot be equals. Their rank, fortune, rights, and expectations, will always be different.”
14. “Mrs Price seemed rather surprised…and trusting they would never have cause to throw her off.”
15. “…her being materially better for change of air. Poor woman! She probably thought change of air might agree with some of her children.”

16. “…while they adjourned to whatever might be the favorite holiday sport of the moment, making artificial flowers or wasting gold paper.”
17. To be continued.
18. One of the characters in the novel is a student of orthography.
19. Omitted.
20. There are several characters in the novel, mostly children and adults in a large house, and their unique personalities and the way that they act towards each other is quite interesting.

21. "Dear Mamma, only think, my cousin cannot put the map of Europe together - or my cousin cannot tell the principal rivers in Russia - or she never heard of Asia Minor - or she does not know the difference between water-colors and crayons! How strange!"
"My dear,' their considerate aunt would reply; 'it is very bad, but you must not expect everybody to be as forward and quick at learning as yourself."
22. To be continued.
23. "...and of the Roman emperors as low as Severus; besides a great deal of the Heathen Mythology, and all the Metals, Semi-Metals, Planets, and distinguished philosophers."
24. Of Lady Bertram writes, "She was a woman who spent her days in sitting nicely dressed on a sofa, doing some long piece of needlework, of little use and no beauty, thinking more of her pug than her children..."

1. “Depend upon it, you see but half. You see the evil, but you do not see the consolation. There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better; we find comfort somewhere…”
2. “She pays her tribute of admiration to Miss Crawford’s beauty; but as she still continues to think Miss Crawford very plain, in spite of her two cousins having proved the contrary, she never mentioned him.”
3. “One does not like to see a girl of eighteen or nineteen so immediately up to everything…”
4. “No, Miss Anderson. I do not know who or what you mean. I am quite in the dark.”
5. “You must have had Miss Anderson in your eye, in describing an altered young lady.”

6. “The error is plain enough, such girls are ill brought up. They are given wrong notions from the beginning. They are always acting upon motives of vanity — and there is no more real modest in their behavior before they appear in public than afterwards.”
7. “Miss Augusta should have been with her governess. Such half and half doings never prosper. But now I must be satisfied about Miss Price."
8. “…Miss Crawford was prepared to find a great chasm in their society…”
9. “…a great deal more would have been done, but for poor Mr. Norris’s sad state of health.”
10. “He could hardly ever get out, poor man, to enjoy anything, and that disheartened me…”

11. “Mr Rushworth was eager to assure her ladyship of his acquiescence…but between his submission to her taste, and his always having intended the same himself ... and of insinuating, that there was only one who he was anxious to please, he grew puzzled.”
12. After talking at some length of the estate, Miss Crawford says, “Cut down an avenue! What a pity! Does not it make you think of Cowper? ‘Ye fallen avenues, once more I mourn your fate unmerited.’”
13. Is critical that “manly style,” is to write a succinct brother’s letter, while “when they are at a distance from all their family, “they can write long letters.”

1. “Her voice was animated in speaking of his profession…”
2. “Miss Crawford civilly wished him an early promotion.”
3. Of work in the navy, “Edmund felt grave, and only replied, It is a noble profession.’”
4. Mr Crawford, “was quite at his service in any way that could be useful.”
5. “Here are many that would like to hear Mr Crawford’s opinion on the spot…”
6. “Lady Bertram made no objection, and everyone concerned in the going, was forward in expressing their ready concurrence, excepting Edmund, who heard it all and said nothing.”

7. “‘Well Fanny, and how do you like Miss Crawford now?’ said Edmund the next day…”
8. “…it must be difficult to do justice to her affection for Mrs Crawford, without throwing a shade on the admiral.”
9. Omitted.
10. Omitted.

11. “There was a charm, perhaps, in his sincerity, his steadiness, his integrity,…”
12. One of the characters who goes horseback riding, admires the “pure genuine pleasure of the exercise.”
13. This character was exceptional in the sport, for his background factors.
14. “…clouds are now coming up, and she will not suffer from the heat as she would have done then. I wish you would not be fatigued by so much exercise."
15. “Her merit in being gifted by nature with strength and courage was fully appreciated by the Miss Bertrams…”

16. “I cannot but think that good horsemanship has a great deal to do with the mind.”
17. “She rides only for pleasure, you for health.”
18. “…though the weather was hot, there were shady lanes wherever they wanted to go.”
19. “Four fine mornings successively were spent in this manner…”
20. Two of the characters, “were too eager in their praise of the night and their remarks on the stars, to think beyond themselves.”

21. “I am very much afraid she caught the headache there, for the heat was enough to kill anybody.”
22. “His own forgetfulness of her was worse than anything which they had done.”
23. “She had none of Fanny’s delicacy of taste, of mind, of feeling; she saw nature, inanimate nature, with little observation; her attention was all for men and women…”

1. “‘Every generation has its improvements,’ said Miss Crawford…”
2. “…there must be more harm than good in the custom.”
3. “Everybody likes to go their own way — to choose their own time and manner of devotion.”
4. “Your lively mind can hardly be serious even on serious subjects.”
5. “How can two sermons a week…govern the conduct and fashion the manners of a large congregation for the rest of the week?"

1. “…individually or collectively, temporally or eternally.”
2. “The manners I speak of, might rather be called conduct…”
3. Miss Crawford took Edmund’s arm and said, “What a difference in the weight of a woman’s arm from that of a man!”
4. “…well shaded and we’ll sheltered, and looking over a ha-ha into the park…”
5. “Do you mean literally or figuratively?”

6. “This could not be denied, and Fanny was silenced.”
7. “…and when people are waiting, they are bad judges of time, every half minute seems like five.”
8. “It was evident that they had been spending their time pleasantly, and were not aware of the length of their absence.”
9. “It would probably be the middle of November at least, the middle of November was three months off.”
10. Discusses the profession of a clergyman.

11. “…and as he must either in the navy or army have had a great many more people under his command than he has now, I think more would have been made unhappy by him as a sailor or soldier than as a clergyman.”
12. “Here’s what may leave all painting and all music behind, and what poetry can only attempt to describe.”
13. Discusses those, “who have not at least been given a taste for nature in early life. They lose a great deal."

1. In one scene, one of the characters acts a a chaperone to his older cousin.
2. Of one party writes, "To be so near happiness, so near fame...would of course have immortalized the party for at least a twelvemonth! and being so near, to lose it all, was an injury to be keenly felt..."
3. "Ecclesford and its theater, with its arrangements and dresses, rehearsals and jokes, was his never-failing subject, and to boast of the party his only consolation."
4. "It is not worth complaining about, but to be sure the poor old dowager could not have died at a worse time..."
5. "...had likewise such a degree of lively talents and comic taste, as were exactly adapted to the novelty of acting."
6. To be continued.

7. "Mr Rushworth has set a good example, and such things are very catching."
8. "She saw a glance at Maria... it was a scheme - a trick, she was slighted."
9. Discusses the benefits of simplicity.
10. "'Do not act anything improper, my dear,' said Lady Bertram."
11. "...you will act nothing - and the preparations will be all so much money thrown away - and I am sure that would be a discredit to us all."
12. "'It is not that I am afraid of learning by heart,' said Fanny, 'but I really cannot act.'"

13. "'Can I speak with you, Fanny, for a few minutes?' said he
'I want to consult. I want your opinion.'
'My opinion?' she replied...
14. Briefly discusses gradations in, or levels of certain things.
15. One of the characters could not acknowledge that he had done wrong.

16. Discusses Hawkins Browne’s Address to Tobacco, or A Pipe of Tobacco..., by Hawkins Browne.
17. “…she was perhaps as much at peace as any.” Austen discusses “being at peace in life.” This is a great concept.
18. To be continued.
19. In one scene, one of the characters tries to convince another of the uselessness of his senses.
20. "...continued Miss Crawford, opening her book. 'Here it is. I did not think anything much of it at first - but, upon my word -. There, look at that speech..."
21. Upon the arrival of father, "All felt the instantaneous conviction. Not a hope of imposition or mistake was harbored anywhere. Julia's looks were an evidence of the fact that made it indisputable..."
22. "...and with pointed attention he was now included in the objects most intimately connected with Mansfield."

1. “Edmund’s first object the next morning was to see his father alone, and give him a fair statement of the whole acting scheme, defending his own share in it as far only as he could then…”
2. “He did not enter into any remonstrance with his other children: he was more willing to believe they felt their error, than to run the risk of investigation.”
3. “There was one person, however, whom he could not leave to learn his sentiments merely through his conduct.”
4. “The young people had been very inconsiderate in forming their plan; they ought to have been capable of a better decision themselves, but they were young, and, excepting Edmund, he believed of unsteady characters…”
5. “…Mrs Rushworth is the sort of amiable modest young man who wants a great deal of encouragement…”

6. “But I left no stone unturned. I was ready to move heaven and earth to persuade my sister, and persuade her I did.”
7. “Yes indeed, and the more you know of him, the better you will like him. He is not a shining character, but he has a thousand good qualities.”
8. “A well-disposed young woman, who did not marry for love, was in general but the more attached to her own family…”
9. “…he might be thankful to his fair daughter Julia that Mr Yates did mean to stay a few days longer under his roof.”
10. Suggests that if you do not have police every where, all the time, you’re going to have conflict: it’s just human nature.

11. “Independence was more needful than ever, the want of it at Mansfield more sensibly felt."
12. “…while the rain continued, the blessing of something fresh to see and think of was extended to Miss Crawford.”
13. “…Fanny, observing a harp in the room, asked some questions about it…”
14. Upon seeing shrubbery that she had been seeing for three years, Fanny says, “How wonderful, how very wonderful the operations of time, and the changes of the human mind.”
15. “Her tone of calm languor, for she never took the trouble of raising her voice, was always heard and attended to…”

1. Austen suggests that at times, instead of getting upset, view one’s role in a relationship as a sacrifice.
2. “…but that would be exercise only to my body, and I must take care of my mind.”
3. “…full satisfaction - seeing in them, the proof of good principles, professional knowledge, energy, courage, and cheerfulness - everything that could deserve or promise well.”
4. “I see things very differently now. Do not think of me as I appeared then.”
5. “‘I would rather find him private secretary than anything else,’ was William’s only answer... and the subject dropped.”

6. Inspires us by reminding us that the noble, chivalrous path has historically been followed by knights, kings, and nobility.
7. Discusses Fanny’s dancing, and writes, “True enough, he had once seen Fanny dance…for her gliding about with quiet, light elegance, and in admirable time…but he rather took it for granted…”
8. “She was answered by having a small trinket-box placed before her, and being requested to choose from among several gold chains and necklaces.”
9. Discusses a necklace, that has a history and a story behind it.

1. Discusses one of the characters, who had “the air of ingratitude” about a certain subject.
2. Suggests that the necklace previously referenced may have had magical properties.
3. “Two lines more prized had never fallen from the pen of the most distinguished author…”
4. Suggests that there are some things that you cannot capture in words.
5. When he is indoors with Fanny, the narrator writes, “He did not appear in spirits; something unconnected with her was probably amiss.”

6. In the ballroom, writes, “She could hardly believe it. To be placed above so many elegant young women. The distinction was too great."
7. “It was barbarous to be happy when Edmund was suffering.”
8. Suggests that it is improper to interrupt the progress of some people or events with minor objections.
9. “…but still more might be imputed to difference of circumstances. In some points of interest they were exactly opposed to each other.”
10. “Nothing could be more impossible than to answer such a question, though nothing could be more agreeable than to have it asked.”

11. “That Mansfield should have done so much for - that you should have found your fate in Mansfield.”
12. “From my soul I do not think that she would marry you without love…”
13. “What could more delightfully prove that the warmth of her heart was equal to its gentleness?”
14. “Upon my word, he must have gone off with his pockets well lined, and at no expense for his journey to London either.”

1. Discusses when people are judged solely on actions, versus being judged for the reasons behind their actions.
2. “I advise you to go out, the air will do you good; go out for an hour on the gravel…and will be the better for air and exercise.”
3. “She walked out directly as her uncle recommended, and followed his advice throughout, as best she could; did check her tears, did earnestly try to compose her spirits, and strengthen her mind.”
4. “But Baddeley was stout. And there was half a smile with the words which meant ‘I do not think you would answer the purpose at all.’”
5. “…and words intermingled with her refusal…might well be questionable, and he was not so irrational as Fanny considered him…”

6. “With him, it is entirely a matter of feeling; he claims no merit in it, perhaps is entitled to none.”
7. “Angry she was, bitterly angry; but she was more angry with Fanny having received such an offer, than for refusing it.”
8. “To know Fanny to be sought in marriage by a man of fortune, raised her, therefore, very much in her opinion.”
9. “While convincing her that Fanny was very pretty…it made her feel a sort of credit in calling her niece.”
10. “…he had always believed it to be rather the reverse…He had begun at the wrong end…”

11. “No doubt, one is familiar with Shakespeare in a degree…we all talk Shakespeare, use his similes, and describe with his descriptions…”
12. “You are quite enough alike. You have tastes in common. You have moral and literary tastes in common. You both have warm hearts and benevolent feelings…”
13. Suggests that it is acceptable to think about serious subjects.
14. “There was nothing to be done, however, but to submit quietly, and hope for the best.”
15. “…Fanny began to hope there would be nothing worse to be endured than an half hour of moderate agitation.”

1. "Another short fit of abstraction followed..."
2. Suggests that marriage is merely an extension of a positive relationship.
3. These, "are my standards of perfection."
4. "I had my doubts at the time about her being right, for he has not even the air of a gentleman, and now, I am sure, she was wrong."
5. "...you must have had some thoughts on the subject, some surmises as to what might be."

6. Contrasts fresh, new uniforms with worn ones.
7. "...before he absolutely made up his mind, he consulted his son."
8. They believed "that a little abstinence from the elegancies and luxuries of Mansfield Park, would bring her mind" into a better state.
9. "There had been at one moment a slight murmur in the drawing-room at Mansfield Park, about sending her a Prayer-book... Mrs. Norris, however, had gone home and taken down two old Prayer-books of her husband..."
10. "...from Tom and Charles being gone to school, Sam on some project of his own, and her father on his usual lounges, enabled her to express herself cheerfully on the subject of home..."

11. "...and she found that the best of the three younger ones was gone in him; Tom and Charles being at least as many years as they were his juniors distant from that age of feeling and reason, which might suggest the expediency of making friends..."
12. "Betsey too, a spoilt child, trained up to think the alphabet her greatest enemy... had many doubts."
13. "She gave advice; advice too sound to be resisted by a good understanding..."
14. "The day was uncommonly lovely. It was really March; but it was April in its mild air, brisk soft wind, and bright sun..."
15. "You should listen to me till you were tired...but it is impossible to put an hundredth part of my great mind on paper, so I will abstain altogether, and leave you to guess what I like."

16. Briefly discusses Tirocinium, by Cowper.
17. Due to the end of the pleasant weather, it was sad for Fanny that spring was ending.
18. "As to Mr Crawford, she hoped it might give him a knowledge of his own disposition...and shame him from persisting any longer in addressing herself."
19. "Miss Crawford need not have urged secrecy with so much warmth, she might have trusted to her sense of what was due to her cousin."
20. "'It might be all a lie,' he acknowledged..."

21. "It was too horrible a confusion of guilt, too gross a complication of evil, for human nature to be capable of."
22. "There is nothing like employment, active, indispensable employment, for relieving sorrow. Employment, even melancholy, may dispel melancholy...She had not time to be miserable."
23. "When Mansfield was considered, time was precious..."
24. "...so strong in that best of blessings, an escape from many certain evils..."
25. "To be listened to and borne with, and hear the voice of kindness and sympathy in return, was everything that could be done for her."

26. "The case admitted of no comfort. Lady Bertram did not think deeply, but, guided by Sir Thomas, she thought justly on all important points..."
27. “Persuade him to let things take their course.”
28. “Time would undoubtedly abate some of his sufferings…”
29. Briefly discusses the concept of domestic happiness.
30. In the end of the novel, of the couple, Fanny influences William to do good, and William influences Fanny to do good, and they have family and friends, and a beautiful household.



The Life of Charlotte Bronte
By Elizabeth Gaskell

1.The author mentions that disputes over land existed in the area where she was born.
2. Suggests that a personal goal should be to continue one's education.
3. Omitted.

1. Illustrates the difference between knowing conversational and other forms of a language, grammar and vocabulary for example.
2. “Adopt a study of the French language, of which they were to catch the spirit and rhythm rather from the ear and the heart, than by over-careful study of its grammatical rules.”

1. In one chapter Gaskell writes, “…having prepared herself for teaching by studying and practicing the best methods of instruction.”
2. Suggests that an education teaches us knowledge of this world.
3. Describes the "thick guttural pronunciation" of some languages.

1. When composing her writings, at one point Bronte would “wait patiently, searching for the right term, until it presented itself to her. Each component part, however small, has been dropped into the right place."
2. Suggests that it is impossible to have described only good and pleasant people, doing only good and pleasant things.

1. Omitted.
2. Omitted.

1. Of Bronte, Gaskell writes, "till break of day, she wrestled with God in earnest prayer."
2. Discusses a book by a woman who travels to several countries in Africa and the Middle East and records her experiences and a brief historical background of each location.
3. At one point writes, “… thoughts and expectations against which every effort of religion or philosophy must at times totally fail…”
4. Writes, "The scenery is, of course, grand..." then goes on to describe the scenery of one location.

5. Of a volume of poems she received writes, “The little book of rhymes was sent by way of fulfilling a promise.”
6. Of Honore de Balzac, Bronte writes, “one grew impatient of his long parade of detail, his slow revelation of unimportant circumstances,” yet she learned that these elements were where his force lay.
7. Quotes one book that she was fond of in writing, “Can it be true that a new planet has risen on the heaven, whence all stars seemed fast fading?”



Jane Eyre
By Charlotte Bronte

1. “Jane draws on Milton and Bunyan to track her spiritual growth and, throughout, quotes and rewords the Bible.”
2. Rochester suggests simply that sometimes it is better to listen than to talk.
3. “Jane savours the fact that talking with Rochester seems a form of 'audible thinking.'"
4. "Sometimes, appearance should not be mistaken for truth."
5."Narrow human doctrines should not be substituted for the world-redeeming word of Christ."
6. The editor mentions that Charlotte Bronte was skillful at expressing her wit in simple terms.

1. “This state of things should have been to me a paradise of peace, but, in fact, my racked nerves were now in such a state that no calm could soothe.”
2. "Bessie had been in the kitchen, and she brought up with her a tart on a certain brightly painted china plate , whose bird of paradise, nestling in a wreath of flowering plants and rosebuds, had been wont to stir me in a most enthusiastic sense of admiration…”
3. I learned that china, or porcelain, are collectible goods which originated in China centuries ago.
4. In the scene that follows, the narrator peruses Gulliver’s Travels, and is inspired by a great deal of wanderlust.
5. Grimms' Fairy Tales is another of the works discussed.
6. One character suggests that you read the Bible every day. He says, “I like Revelations, and the book of Daniel, and Genesis and a little bit of Exodus, and some parts of Kings and Chronicles, and Job and Jonah.”

6. He indicates that he does not like Psalms too much, and another character asks him why not. Then they discuss this.
7. “When I had finished this reply, my soul began to expand, to exult, with the strangest sense of freedom, of triumph, I ever felt.”
8. "In the evening, Bessie told me some of her most enchanting stories, and sung me some of her sweetest songs. Even for me life had its gleams of sunshine."
9. Mentions the Lowood School, where the duration of each lesson was measured by the clock, as opposed to being measured by the completion of each task.
10.”Read the New Testament, and observe what Christ says, and how he acts—make his word your rule, and his conduct your example.”
11. Christ says, “Love your enemies; bless them that curse you.”

12. Omitted.
13. The narrator writes, “I had the means of an excellent education placed within my reach; a fondness for some of my studies and a desire to excel in all, together with a great delight in pleasing my teachers, urged me on; I availed myself fully of the advantages offered me.”
14. "When my reflections were concluded, and I looked up and found that the afternoon was gone, and evening far advanced, another discovery dawned on me."
15. Writes that the city is more populous, less picturesque and more stirring than the country.

16. Of one incident writes, “it was an incident of no moment, no romance, no interest in a sense; yet it marked with change one single hour of a monotonous life.”
17. "An impromptu answer to a question about appearances, that beauty is of little consequence, or something of that sort.”
18. "No, I am not a general philanthropist, but I bear a conscience.”

1. Discusses one argument as “nothing that a free-born person would submit to.”
2. “Nature meant me on the whole to be a good man.”
3. Omitted.
4. "It seems to me, that if you tried hard, you would in time find it possible to become what you yourself would approve."
5. “I am laying down good intentions, which I believe are durable as flint.”

6. Suggests that men are not "commonplace sinners."
7. “How do you know? You have no right to preach to me.”
8. In one scene suggests that one character did not have the language to describe what was happening.
9. “I wish to be a better man than I have been; than I am--as Job's leviathon broke the spear the dart and the habergeon."
10. “They began to talk; their conversation eased me completely.”

11. “A card of mine lay on the table; this being perceived brought my name under discussion.”
12. “The idea calmed me somewhat. Silence composes the nerves.”
13. “Too feverish to rest, I rose as soon as day dawned.”

14. "And Miss Ingram: what sort of voice had she?”
”A very rich and powerful one; she sang delightfully; it was a treat to listen to her.”

15. Of one character writes, "she mouthed her words in speaking, her voice was deep."
16. "Mr. Rochester possessed a fine voice: a mellow, powerful bass, into which he threw his own feeling; finding a way through the ear to the heart. I waited till the last deep and full vibration had expired—till the tide of talk had resumed its flow.”
17. "While Mr. Rochester and the other gentlemen directed these alterations, the ladies were running up and down stairs ringing for their maids.”
18. “Ere long, a bell tinkled, and the curtain drew up.”
19. “Somebody, unseen, rung the bell merrily; then Adele bounded forward, scattering round her the contents of a basket of flowers she carried on her arm.”
20. "He then produced a casket, opened it and showed magnificent bracelets and ear rings, she acted astonishment and admiration; he laid the treasure at her feet.”

21. Earlier in this scene, mentions that “a ceremony followed, in which it was easy to recognize the pantomime of a marriage.”
22. “She was not good; she was not original: she used to repeat sounding phrases from books. She advocated a high tone of sentiment; but she did not know the sensations of sympathy and pity: tenderness and truth were not in her.”
23. “It had formerly been my endeavor to study all sides of his character: to take the bad with the good; and from the just weighing of both, to form an equitable judgement.”
24. "Sir George Lynn, Colonel Dent, and Mr. Eshton, discussed politics. Louisa played and sang to and with one of the Messrs. Lynn; and Mary Ingram listened languidly to the gallant speeches of the other.”
25. "The dowagers Ingram and Lynn sought solace in a quiet game at cards.”

26. "Mrs. Eshton, had first murmured over some sentimental tunes and airs on the piano, and then, having fetched a novel from the library, had flung herself in listlessness on a sofa, and prepared to beguile, by the spell of fiction, the tedious hours of absence.”

1. “She seemed reading in a little book, like a prayer-book; she did not desist immediately on my entrance; it appeared she wished to finish a paragraph.”
2. “In the midst of the tumult, and while my eyes and ears were fully engaged in the scene before me, I turned, and saw her.”
3. “If you knew it, you are peculiarly situated: very near happiness, yes; within reach of it.”
4. “I don’t understand enigmas. I never could guess a riddle in my life.”
5. "Is there not one face you study? One figure whose movements you follow with, at least, curiosity?"

6. “‘The eagerness of a listener quickens the tongue of a narrator.’ I said this rather to myself than to the gypsy.”
7. “As to the mouth, it delights at times in laughter: it is disposed to impart all that the brain conceives. Mobile and flexible, it was never intended to be compressed in the eternal silence of solitude: it is a mouth which should speak much and smile often.”
8. “I see no enemy to a fortunate issue but in the brow; and that brow professes to say,—“I can live alone, if self-respect and circumstances require me to do so.”
9. “The forehead declares, ‘Reason sits firm and holds the reins, and she will not let the feelings burst away and hurry her to wild chasms.'"
10. “You have been talking nonsense to make me talk nonsense. It is scarcely fair, sir.”

11. Indeed whatever uttered that fearful shriek could not soon repeat it: not the widest-winged condor on the Andes could, twice in succession, send out such a yell from the cloud.”
12. "The side-passage door was fastened; I opened it with as little noise as possible: all the yard was quiet."
13. "It was by this time half-past five, and the sun was on the point of rising... little birds were just twittering in the blossom-blanched orchard trees."
14. "They were fresh now as a succession of April showers and gleams, followed by a lovely spring morning, could make them: the sun was just entering the dappled east, and his light illumined the wreathed and dewy orchard trees and shone down the quiet walks under them."
15. The activity above influences the people's behavior.

16. You desire "to spend your days in a way more worthy of an immortal being."
17. "Men and women die; philosophers falter in wisdom. If any one you know has suffered and erred, let him look higher than his equals for strength to amend, and solace to heal."
18. "'No sir; I am not on such terms...' 'You shall walk up the pyramids of Egypt!' he growled.
19. One book that is discussed often in the novel is Bewick's British Birds.
20. “Eliza would sit half the day sewing, reading or writing, and scarcely utter a word to either me or to her sister. Georgiana would chatter nonsense to her canary bird by the hour, and take no notice of me. But I was determined not to seem at a loss for occupation or amusement.”

21. “Three times a day she studied a little Prayer Book. I asked her once what was the great attraction of that volume, and she said ‘the Rubric.’”
22. “It was a wet and windy afternoon: Georgiana had fallen asleep on the sofa over the perusal of a novel; Eliza was gone to attend a saint’s day service at the new church…”
23. “Well I must get it over. Eternity is before me.”
24. "There is a difference between living with such a one as you, and with Georgiana: you perform your own part in life, and burden no one.”
25. “I wish, Jane, I were a trifle better adapted to match with her externally. Tell me now, fairy as you are,—can’t you give me a charm, or something of that sort?”

26. “Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? Do you think I am an automaton?—a machine without feelings? I have as much soul as you,—and full as much heart!”
27. “Mr. Rochester, let me look at your face: turn to the moonlight.”
28. “I was growing truly irritated: happily, Adele ran in.”
29. “‘He chuckled and rubbed his hands: ‘Oh, it is rich to see and hear her!’ he exclaimed.”
30. In the following scene, Jane Eyre goes into a great deal of abstractions.

31. "[The form] gazed on me. It spoke to my spirit, immeasurably distant was the tone, yet so near, it whispered in my heart."
32. "No reflection was to be allowed now: not one glance was to be cast back... not one thought was to be given..."

1. "My future husband was becoming to me my whole world; and more than the world: almost my hope of heaven."
2. "[I think,] you will never have green leaves more--never more see birds making nests and singing idyls in your trees."
3. In the house, "a little time-piece in the room and the old clock in the hall simultaneously struck ten." "'How late it grows!' I said."
4. "'Solitude! Solitude!' he reiterated. 'I see I must come to an explanation.'"
5. "'I do love you,' I said, 'more than ever: but I must not show or indulge the feeling; and this is the last time I must express it.'"

6. “‘Are you book learned?’ she inquired presently. ‘Yes, very.’”
7. “There was nothing like them in these parts, nor ever had there been.”
8. “Diana had a voice toned, to my ear, like the cooing of a dove.”
9. “I was mightily refreshed by the beverage: it gave new tone to my nerves, and enabled me to address this judge steadily.”

1. “She answered it with a second laugh, and laughter well became her youth, her roses, her dimples, her bright eyes.”
2. “He would not give one chance of Heaven; nor relinquish one hope of the true, eternal Paradise.”
3. Describes one time-period as “the golden age of modern literature.”
4. “While I was eagerly glancing at the bright pages of Marmion, St. John entered to examine my drawing.”
5. “The sternest-seeming stoic is human after all; and to ‘burst’ with boldness into ‘the silent sea’ of their souls, is often to confer on them the first of obligations.”

6. “My hopes of being numbered—of carrying knowledge into the realms of ignorance—of substituting peace for war—religion for superstition.”
7. “There is something brave in your spirit; but allow me to assure you that you partially misinterpret my emotions. You think them more profound and potent than they are.”
8. “I honor endurance, perseverance, industry, talent; because these are the means by which men achieve great ends, and mount to lofty eminence.”
9. "I am not a pagan, but a Christian philosopher—a follower of the sect of Jesus. As his disciple, I adopt his pure, his merciful, his benignant doctrines. I advocate them: I am sworn to spread them.”
10. Omitted.

11. "I have expressed my view of the case. I am incapable of taking any other.”
12. During the course of a discussion, one character says, “Yes, but I can not go on for ever.”
13. “… a just division of the property—as they must have felt the equity of the intention and would have been conscious that they would have done…”
14. Mentions that rich tinted china vases were included in the decoration of two of the character's rooms. Additionally mentions that this had "added a vivid charm to their joyous return home."
15. “St. John had a book in his hand—it was his unsocial custom to read at meals—he closed it and looked up.”

16. “To show them what their gifts are, and why they were given—to speak Heaven’s message in their ear,—to offer them, direct from God, a place in the ranks of his chosen.”
17. “For the evening reading before prayers, he selected the twenty-first chapter of Revelations. It was all times pleasant to listen; never did his fine voice sound so sweet and full as when he delivered the oracles of God.”
18. “And described from its page the vision of the new heaven and the new earth—told how God would wipe away all tears from their eyes, and promised that there should be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, nor any more pain, because the former things were passed away.”
19. "I hold myself supremely blest—blest beyond what language can express.”
20. “He hopes I am happy, and trusts I am not of those who live without God in the world, and mind only earthly things.”


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